Bead weaving
On a loom, tiny beads are woven into flat bands with a pattern of your own, which become bracelets, necklaces, earrings or pendants. For bead weaving, there are metal and wooden looms as well as kits with a loom and materials for your first pieces of jewellery.
Bead weaving
To weave on a loom, the warp threads are first stretched lengthwise. The beads are threaded onto the needle and pressed up against the warp from below so that each one sits in the gap between two threads, then the needle is passed back through the beads above the warp. The rows are built up following a chart, much like the pixels of an image, creating an even pattern with no gaps.
Compact metal looms with wooden rollers are about 30 cm long and are enough for bracelets and shorter necklaces. Wooden looms tilted at 45° have rotating rollers onto which the finished section is wound, so the length of the work is not limited. Adjustable models let you change the length of the working area to suit the size of the piece.
For beginners, complete kits are practical: besides the loom, they include seed beads, needles, thread and clasps. Weaving most often uses 2 mm seed beads, because beads of the same size form straight rows and the pattern does not distort.
Bead weaving calls for a thin needle, as the thread passes through each bead twice. Evenly tensioned warp threads give straight edges, and the finished piece keeps its shape.
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